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Diego Pérez is a Uruguayan association football player who plays as a midfielder. Born in Montevideo on May 18, 1980, he began his professional work period in 2000. He has represented Uruguay in international competition, including participation in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. Throughout his career, Pérez has been a member of several sports teams, including AS Monaco FC, Defensor Sporting Club, Club Atlético Peñarol, and Bologna F.C. 1909.
Physical attributes listed for the athlete include a height of 177 and a mass of 81. He speaks Spanish and is associated with the sport number 15. While other records identify a Diego Pérez as a tennis player or an author of works such as *Brave and Brilliant* and *Futbol Americano para Todos*, the primary subject here is the footballer.
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Key facts
- 2024
- Uruguay U20 (interim)
- 2025
- Uruguay U18
- Full name
- Diego Fernando Pérez Aguado
- Date of birth
- ( 1980-05-18 ) 18 May 1980 (age 46)
- Place of birth
- Montevideo , Uruguay
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Defensive midfielder
- Current team
- Uruguay A' (manager), Uruguay U18 (manager)
- Years
- Team
- 1999 2003
- Defensor Sporting
- 2003 2004
- Peñarol
- 2004 2010
- Monaco
- 2010 2015
- Bologna
- 2001 2014
- Uruguay
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Diego
- Family name
- Pérez
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uruguay
- Place of birth
- Montevideo
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Uruguay national under-20 football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Uruguay
- Mass
- 81
- Image
- Diego Pérez.jpg
- Height
- 177
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- Commons category
- Diego Pérez
- date of birth
- 1980-05-18
- sport number
- 15
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- social media followers
- 207678
- different from
- Diego Pérez
- name in native language
- Diego Pérez
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Diego Fernando Pérez Aguado ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈpeɾes]; born 18 May 1980), nicknamed "Ruso" (Spanish for "Russian"), is a Uruguayan football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He has played 89 matches for the Uruguay national football team, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2011 editions of the Copa América. He is currently the manager of Uruguay A' and Uruguay under-18 national teams.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diego Pérez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.